we try crack the code on the president's pavbehavior. he is playing to the base but also engaging in that art of distraction. >> jim, thank you so much for white house. let me bring in kristen, a conservative commentator. rich benjamin, a liberal commentator, the director of progressive programming for siri sirius xm and a former member of the trump for president advisory board. so welcome to all of you. jeff, just to you first. nice to meet you. you know, the contrasting the various speeches, right, the throwing the gasoline on multiple issues at a rally and then the unifier, you know, teleprompter trump. with the speech last night in phoenix, how did that do him favors? >> you know, i know -- i watch cnn's coverage of the speech last night as well as the speech itself, and i have to say, whether intentionally or just